Bayside Restaurant located inside the Cobblestone Inn and Suites, Fairfield Bay, AR — Restaurant in Fairfield Bay

If you don't read the entire review, read this: Put this restaurant at the top of your list to visit while visiting from anywhere in a 150 mile radius. You will not be disappointed.

First and foremost on everybody's minds is COVID-19. This restaurant and their entire staff was taking every precaution imaginable to ensure their safety and the safety of their customers. I saw masks on everyone, gloved hands, sanitizing of every booth after each patron, and an overall concern that shows that customers are their top priority.

Now, for the setting: Perfect for a quaint, and very overdue, date for my Bride. The tables and settings were perfectly set and sized to enjoy each other's company with just the right amount of hand-holdong space without feeling cramped or on opposite sides of the room. Lighting was perfect and the decor created a well balanced atmosphere.

Service was far beyond expectations. Everyone knows that bad service can never make up for good food. Our server, Zayne, was top notch and showed pride and care in everything he did. A quick glance around proved that he treated all of his customers with the same service. Little things matter, and Zayne showed he cared about the little details that make a person's dining experience exceptional. (Open kimono, my Bride and I are people watchers. We saw two somewhat difficult customers made completely happy during our dinner because of his apparent drive to satisfy every one of his customers.) Service was swift and attentive without being uncomfortable or making us feel rushed through our meal in order to turn tables around quickly.

After having a great setting, and phenomenal service, the food lacked absolutely nothing! My ribeye steak was a perfect medium rare, seasoned to perfection with freshly fried onions on top. My Bride's lasagna was full of flavor, and our dessert, chocolate cheesecake, was so rich, but somehow almost fluffy, was the perfect ending to the evening. The house Cabernet Sauvignon was enjoyed throughout the dinner and was a wonderful pairing throughout the meal.

This restaurant should be at the top of your list to visit if you're anywhere in the area. It is perfect for couples or larger gatherings, and even has outdoor seating if you prefer to enjoy the fresh mountain air with your dining experience. My Bride and I will be back and have no doubt that our experience will, again, exceed our...

I ALWAYS try to give them the benefit of the doubt , given I have worked in the food service I personally know how it can be sometimes. As for our visit here , we stopped by while on vacation , left very disappointed, will not be back & definitely wouldn’t recommend this. Service is #1 always! We walked in through the main entrance , talked to one girl who said sit wherever you want , we’ll be right with you. So we seat ourselves in the patio area, 20minutes go by and we still haven’t seen a server , no menus , no drinks. Another server comes out and wipes off a table , asks if we’ve been helped, no we hadn’t , we wait 15 more minutes , I go in and just ask to get a menu, told he was on his way to me as he’s talking to another worker. Again , I know how it gets sometimes but the restaurant was not busy, this was a Tuesday. Finally we get menus & watered down drinks , no straws, fine , we goto order & the server doesn’t use his book which I would assume is the reason he messed up our very simple orders. No refills, no one checked on us after we got our food. Disappointing, this place has a great atmosphere & it has potential but lack of service or clearly lack of communication. We were there for an hour & a half before we got our food total. There was 2 other tables near by I could overhear...

Unfortunately this place was awful. The service was SO slow, the waitress was awful even though she only had 3 tables. She took one of our cups of tea for a refill and she was gone with it for 10 minutes!! She took a guys order who had just come in at the bar while we had been waiting for literally 15 minutes for her to come take our order. We didn't get the correct food but figured we didn't want to wait another 10-20 min for her to bring a side of tartar sauce or the correct potato toppings. Insanely slow service--and when we did actually get service, it wasn't good. Also the food was 2/5 and it was very expensive. Also a weird menu, and very limited options. Blue cheese stuffed...